Region - East

Though the balance of power has shifted from the East Coast clubs out West, three of these eight teams contested for Grand Finals at last year's National Championships.  Only New York has been left in Division I, and they won the whole shebang.

That said, the Eastern clubs are slowly gaining somewhat of resurgence.  There is a ton of talent in this group, including some of the best American players in the country.  That growth coincides with the rise of a couple of old teams to Nationals glory, and a new team about to take the stage. 

When it comes to a national sports program, the whole is generally only as good as the sum of its parts.

For teams in the Eastern US, they are hoping to add to the machine of American footy by cultivating some of the cogs that make it go.

The Eastern Australian Football League (EAFL) Coalition Development Program was officially launched this week, becoming the first such endeavor to represent an entire region within the USAFL.  The program is intended to be year round, with its first clinic in New York City the weekend of May 15-17.